WEBVTT POWELL’S LAWN. >> YOU DON’T HEAR THAT HERE. YOU JUST DON’T. REPORTER: IT WAS JUST A REGULAR FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN SUSAN POWELL HEARD AN UNFAMILIAR SOUND. >> WE HEARD A BUNCH OF POPS. I THOUGHT IT WAS FIREWORKS, BUT IT WAS TOO LOUD. REPORTER: POWELL, WHO’S LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911. >> THERE WAS SOMEONE COMING DOWN THE STREET. I SAID, DID YOU HEAR WHAT HAPPENED? HE SAID I GOT SHOT. HE CAME DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND FELL. REPORTER: A SECOND VICTIM LANDED IN A NEARBY YARD. >> HE HAD BEEN SHOT, SO WE CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND HELPED HIM. REPORTER: THE VICTIMS CAME FROM THIS INTERSECTION, WHERE NEIGHBORS SAY THE MEN WERE SHOT INSIDE THIS CAR BY SOMEONE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. >> HE WAS HURTING. HE WAS HURTING TREMENDOUSLY. REPORTER: POLICE BELIEVE A STRAY BULLET ALSO HIT A 10-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OK. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF HOUSES NEAR WHERE THE SHOTS WERE FIRED. I DON’T KNOW OF ANY BULLETS THAT WENT INSIDE THE HOUSES AT THIS POINT. >> IT IS SCARY. KIDS CATCH BUSES RIGHT HERE. IT IS SCARY. REPORTER: SHE SAYS SHE WAS SAD TO HEAR THAT ONE OF THE TWO MEN HAD DIED. >> I’M SO SORRY TO HIS FAMILY. IF THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD HAVE DONE I WOULD HAVE. REPORTER: AND SHE HOPES SHE NEVER SEES SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN ON HER STREET. >> IT’S A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, IT REALLY IS. REPORTER: NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE YET IN THIS CASE. POLICE ARE WORKING TO GET A DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE THE SHOOTER WAS DRIVING. NEIGHBORS TOLD US THEY THOUGHT THEY SAW A DARK SUV OR TRUCK. THE CORONER HASN’T TOLD US THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO DIED. REPORTING LIVE, DENI K

A drive-by shooting in Hikes Point left one dead and two injured. Just after 8:30 Friday night, Sixth Division officers were dispatched to the 3600 block of Stanton Boulevard on a report of a shooting.Susan Powell, who has lived on Stanton Boulevard for more than 20 years, said she heard the shots ring out. "We heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. I thought it was fireworks, but it was too loud and too hard. I said, 'That's gunfire,'" Powell said. Powell said she then saw a person heading toward her home. "There was someone coming down the street... and I said, 'Did you hear what happened?' and he said, 'I got shot,'" Powell explained. The man, suffering from a gunshot wound, fell in Powell's front yard. She stayed with him until first responders arrived. "He was hurting, he was hurting tremendously," Powell said. The man was one of two men in their 20s who officials said were inside a vehicle when they sustained gunshot wounds.The victims were transported to University Hospital, where one, who officials have identified as 26-year-old Ralph Jeffries, died of his injuries. Police said a 10-year-old child near the scene was grazed by a stray bullet. The child is expected to be OK.The investigation is ongoing and there are currently no suspects or arrests. Anyone with information should call 574-LMPD.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

A drive-by shooting in Hikes Point left one dead and two injured.

Just after 8:30 Friday night, Sixth Division officers were dispatched to the 3600 block of Stanton Boulevard on a report of a shooting.

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Susan Powell, who has lived on Stanton Boulevard for more than 20 years, said she heard the shots ring out.

"We heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. I thought it was fireworks, but it was too loud and too hard. I said, 'That's gunfire,'" Powell said.

Powell said she then saw a person heading toward her home.

"There was someone coming down the street... and I said, 'Did you hear what happened?' and he said, 'I got shot,'" Powell explained.

The man, suffering from a gunshot wound, fell in Powell's front yard. She stayed with him until first responders arrived.

"He was hurting, he was hurting tremendously," Powell said.

The man was one of two men in their 20s who officials said were inside a vehicle when they sustained gunshot wounds.

The victims were transported to University Hospital, where one, who officials have identified as 26-year-old Ralph Jeffries, died of his injuries.

Police said a 10-year-old child near the scene was grazed by a stray bullet. The child is expected to be OK.

The investigation is ongoing and there are currently no suspects or arrests.